Joel Myers, who served on the GEC Board of Directors from June of 2005 until
his resignation for health reasons a few weeks ago, was killed in a car
accident on October 22nd. Funeral services were held on October 28th in
McIntosh County.

In
addition to his service on our Board, Joel was instrumental over the years
in helping organize the African-American sections of the Arco community to
push for adequate testing for contamination from the LCP Superfund site. He
received special recognition at our 2005
Annual Meeting for his work on environmental justice and community
organizing.

Joel grew up in the Arco neighborhood and believed that his extensive
health problems were related to the poisoning of that area by local
industry.

In addition to lots more work which we all must do to reach Joel’s
dream of a clean and revitalized Arco, Joel also leaves behind a wife and
three children. He will be sorely missed by many.